The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 6th November 2014

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 6th November 2014. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Crudely satirical opponent of 6 11?
AAcross 10:	Organise Ireland's part in first Japanese issue
AAcross 11:	Family member that's wearing glasses
AAcross 12:	Sea cow's bottom's first to come out
AAcross 13:	Study English novelist of the Victorian era	READE
AAcross 14:	I wouldn't bet on these 6 11
AAcross 16:	Top story gets this clear and the rest get too old	BLANKETCOVERAGE
AAcross 19:	What 9s do for soil?
AAcross 21:	They rescue 11 and scrap bats	RSPCA
AAcross 22:	Make balls of hands in lap
AAcross 22:	Make balls of hands in lap
AAcross 23:	Its giant 11's toxic in corner pot
AAcross 24:	A short distance in, say, round
AAcross 25:	Slow progress, as indicated by conducting faster?
DDown 1:	Abridged Plain Words copy editor outlawed
DDown 2:	After school, swimming team ace models
DDown 3:	Gershwin's last musical's about local
DDown 4:	Regular doings with spades
DDown 5:	Badger resorted to exit by road	STREETDOOR
DDown 6:	Van is out at 4.15, popping up everywhere
DDown 7:	Progenitor of some 6 11 duck
DDown 8:	Reintroduced bird and fox cub close to home
DDown 14:	Beat favourite in effect
DDown 15:	Put on light after untidy desk's cleared out
DDown 17:	Granny, for instance, got rid of water in plant
DDown 18:	Order pudding
DDown 20:	Model who lost weight's not much of a catch
DDown 21:	What Japanese 11 of 17 do, perhaps, right in line
DDown 22:	Greenhouse gas ultimately built up in plant
DDown 23:	House doctor's 6 11